Avicennia
Sign in to saveAvicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its "pencil roots", which are aerial roots. They are also commonly known as api api, which in the Malay language means "fires", a reference to the fact that fireflies often congregate on these trees. Species of Avicennia occur worldwide south of the Tropic of Cancer.
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Avicennia is a genus of plants within the family Acanthaceae. It belongs to the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon is accepted under the authority L. and has the common name ヒルギダマシ属.
The genus is native to regions including Alabama, Aldabra, the Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Borneo. It has been introduced to California. Avicennia species inhabit marine and brackish environments.
Records for this genus exist in various databases, with 94,353 occurrences noted in GBIF. Additional records are held by institutions such as IGL-UNAM, UTEP, SBBG, NY, and IBUNAM, spanning countries like Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Colombia, and the Philippines.
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Species
ヒルギダマシ属
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
种 参见正文 海榄雌科只有一属—海榄雌属（又稱「海茄苳屬」），广泛分布于全世界热带和亚热带海岸潮汐地带，是构成红树林的主要树种之一，南半球种类最多。中国有一种，多个变种，分布在南方沿海污泥滩涂带。 海榄雌科植物多为灌木，也有的品种为乔木，有气根；叶对生，全缘，常呈灰白色；花小，花萼5裂；花冠4裂；果实为肉质蒴果。具有保持土壤，防止海岸侵蚀的作用，红树林是滩涂动物的重要栖息地。 1981年的克朗奎斯特分类法将海榄雌属列入马鞭草科内，属于唇形目，1998年根据基因亲缘关系分类的APG 分类法单独分出一个科，仍然放在唇型目中，2003年经过修订的APG II 分类法不承认有这一个科，将海榄雌属列入爵床科中。 种 白海榄Avicennia alba Avicennia bicolor Avicennia eucalyptifolia 黑皮红树 Avicennia germinans Avicennia integra 白骨壤、海榄雌、海茄苳Avicennia marina Avicennia nitida Avicennia officinalis Avicennia rumphiana Avicennia schaueriana 参考文献 Boland, D. J.; 等. Forest Trees of Australia (Fourth edition revised and enlarged). CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 1984. ISBN 0-643-05423-5. 引文格式1维护：显式使用等标签 (link). Duke, N.C. A Systematic Revision of the Mangrove Genus Avicennia (Avicenniaceae) in Australasia. Australian Systematic Botany. 1991, 4 (2): 299–324. doi:10.1071/SB9910299. Schwarzbach, Andrea E. and McDade, Lucinda A. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of the Mangrove Family Avicenniaceae Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Sequences. Systematic Botany 27: 84-98 (abstract here). 外部链接 NCBI中的海榄雌科 《中国植物》中的海榄雌属 GRIN中的海榄雌属 维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：海榄雌属 维基物种中的分类信息：海榄雌属 取自“https://zh.wikipedi
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 493
- With media
- 315
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- IGL-UNAM, UTEP, SBBG, NY, IBUNAM, UFERSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Thailand, Brasil, Brunei
Research
1,202 papers- Avicennia marina a natural reservoir of phytopharmaceuticals: Curative power and platform of medicines.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2020
- SOS3 from Avicennia marina Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana.Cells · 2025
- Water and sediment characteristics in the Avicennia marina environment of the Arabian Gulf: A review.Marine pollution bulletin · 2025
- Assembly of the salt-secreting mangrove Avicennia rumphiana.PloS one · 2025
- Anticancer, anti-proliferative activity of Avicennia marina plant extracts.Journal of cancer research and therapeutics · 2021
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Wikidata facts
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- Avicennia
- taxonomic type
- Avicennia officinalis
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- Category:Avicennia
- taxon common name
- 海榄雌属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Avicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its "pencil roots", which are aerial roots. They are also commonly known as api api, which in the Malay language means "fires", a reference to the fact that fireflies often congregate on these trees. Species of Avicennia occur worldwide south of the Tropic of Cancer.
The taxonomic placement of Avicennia is contentious. In some classifications, it has been placed in the family Verbenaceae, but more recently has been placed by some botanists in the monogeneric family Avicenniaceae. Recent phylogenetic studies have suggested that Avicennia is derived from within Acanthaceae, and the genus is included in that family in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system.
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